Stefano Gennarini, J.D.

Stefano Gennarini is the Vice President for Legal Studies at the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam).

He represents C-Fam at UN headquarters in New York and researches and writes on international law and policy. UN delegations and pro-family advocates around the world rely on his reports and advice. He oversees the Edmund Burke Fellowship. His writing has been published by The Federalist, Public Discourse, First Things, the National Catholic Register, the American Spectator and other publications. He has been interviewed by the New York Times, NPR, Relevant Radio, the Washington Post and other news outlets.

Stefano earned a Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School in Indiana in 2011 and was a Blackstone Legal Fellow in 2009. Before attending law school, Stefano trained to be a priest at the Redemptoris House of Formation in London. Stefano lived and worked in the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Nigeria, the Carribean, and the Middle East. He is fluent in Italian and Spanish.

Stefano lives in New Jersey with his wife Elizabeth Marie, and their nine children. He stopped tweeting to spend more time with them.

Poland and Hungary Break EU Position in General Assembly Debate on Definition of “Gender” in New Treaty

Poland and Hungary broke ranks with the European Union on how to define the term “gender” during a closed-door debate on a new treaty on crimes against humanity.

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Traditional Countries Stop Biden Administration Sexual Agenda for Children

Traditional countries dealt a decisive and unexpected blow to the Western sexual agenda at an annual population conference at the United Nations yesterday.

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Biden and EU Gang Up on Africans at UN

Still reeling from a stinging defeat at the UN Commission on the Status of Women last month, the European Union and the Biden administration have renewed their fight over “comprehensive sexuality education.”

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Holy See Foils Western Push for Abortion/Sex Ed at UN Commission

Delegates erupted in applause when a Holy See diplomat accused Western countries of ganging up to have their way on abortion and other controversial topics at this year’s UN Commission on the Status of Women that ended a week ago.

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Biden Wants UN Soldiers to Push Trans Ideology

The Biden administration sponsored a Security Council briefing to promote the homosexual/trans agenda in UN security policy.

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Crushing Feminist Defeat at UN

The Biden administration and Western countries pushed traditional countries to the brink at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

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Biden Pushes Abortion and Secrecy in New Pandemic Treaty

The Biden administration has pushed for abortion in a controversial new global health treaty.

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US and China Agree to Keep Pandemic Treaty Negotiations Secret

The U.S. backed a proposal by China to prevent the public from seeing what positions governments take in negotiations over a new WHO treaty on pandemic prevention and preparedness this…

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UN Commission Considers AI Crackdown on Homosexual/Trans Critics

The first artificial intelligence programs have only just begun to emerge, but progressive countries already have plans to use the new technology to silence conservatives and anyone who objects to abortion and homosexual/trans demands.

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Traditional Countries Accuse EU of Bad Faith

Traditional countries defended the family against the European Union and progressive delegations, even accusing them of brinkmanship and bad faith, in a UN negotiation about social protection policies.

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ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY

UN ‘Gender’ Treaty Would Wage International Lawfare Against People Who Believe Men And Women Are Different, The Federalist (December 9, 2024)

What If Our Ruling Class Has Women’s Workforce Participation And GDP All Wrong?, The Federalist (August 28, 2023)

Hungary and Poland Should Stand Against the EU’s Sexual Imperialism, The European Conservative (July 16, 2023)

The United Nations Meddles in US Abortion Law, The American Spectator (October 13, 2021)

American Conservatives Should Take the United Nations Seriously, Public Discourse (March 10, 2021)

Will European Nationalists Ever Stop LGBT and Pro-Abortion EU Diplomacy?, Public Discourse (September 1, 2020)

Why the U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights Should Not Ignore Abortion, Public Discourse (August 11, 2020)

Can Unalienable Rights Be Rescued from Human Rights?, Public Discourse (July 15, 2019)

The International Implications of Overturning Roe v. Wade, Public Discourse (February 22, 2019)

The Conservative Disadvantage, Public Discourse (February 7, 2019)

Abortion: The Original Sin of the United Nations’ Human Rights Project, Public Discourse (January 8, 2019)

Nikki Haley’s Pro-Life Dilemma at the UN, The Stream (June 12, 2018)

The Trump Administration Must Keep Abortion Out of International Law and Policy, Public Discourse (June 4, 2018)

The Future of the Pro-Life Movement is in Africa, Public Discourse (April 12, 2018)

Beyond Roe: A Global Roadmap for the Pro-Life Movement, Public Discourse (February 14, 2018)

How Their Refusal To Tolerate Dissent Is Creating A Global Backlash Against LGBT People, The Federalist (January 11, 2018)

The Problem with Pro-Life “Lite”, The Stream (November 12, 2017)

Rules for (Pro-Life) Radicals, The Stream (November 1, 2017)

What Happened at the Vatican’s Bio-Extinction Conference, Catholic World Report (September 21, 2017)

Can We Stop an International Roe v. Wade?, Public Discourse (September 13, 2017)

And LGBT Roadmap for President Trump, The Stream (July 29, 2017)

Spadaro’s American Christian Straw Man, The Stream (July 21, 2017)

The Paris Accord Epitomizes Why All Bureaucrats Need Term Limits, The Federalist (June 5, 2017)

The Genius of the Mexico City Policy and the Pro-Life Legacy of President Trump, Public Discourse (May 17, 2017)

Population Control Ideologue Paul Ehrlich Speaks at the Vatican, The Stream (February 27, 2017)

We Must Fight the Global War on Marriage, The Stream (October 3, 2016)

One Year Since Obergefell Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace, The Stream (June 25, 2016)

Pope Francis and the Human-Rights Issue of Our Time, National Catholic Register (September 25, 2015)

“Reproductive Health” is a Trojan Horse, First Things, First Thoughts (July 1, 2015)

The Wrong Way to Respond to Critics, First Things, Web Exclusives (May 29, 2015)

Allow Abortion—Or You’re Guilty of Torture, First Things, Web Exclusives (May 13, 2014)

A Strong Note of Caution on Reproductive Health and Family Planning, First Things, Web Exclusives (May 16, 2012) (Austin Ruse, co-author)

IN THE NEWS

Training the Next Generation of U.N. Pro-Life Advocates, National Catholic Register (January 19, 2015)

Officials Denounce Claims that Kenyan Vaccine Meant for Population Control, The Washington Times (November 14, 2014)

Weighing a Catholic Change for LGBT and Divorcees, NPR OnPoint with Tom Ashbrook, (October 16, 2014)

U.N. Panel Says Vatican is Lax Over Abusive Priests, New York Times (May 23, 2014)

U.N. Committee to Vatican: Change Church Teaching, National Catholic Register (February 8, 2014)

UN Abuse Report: From Policy to Ideology, Zenit.org (February 6, 2014)

BOOK CHAPTERS

The diffusion of sexual and reproductive rights through the UN human rights framework, in Aleksander Stepkowski (ed.), PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIFE IN ITS EARLY STAGE: INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS AND MEANS (Peter Lang Editions 2014) (link)